Vulture.

Simply because they are large scavenging birds, vultures are often viewed as harbingers of death. But, as Thom van Dooren shows in this cultural and natural history, that dominant association leaves us with a very one-dimensional understanding of a group of actually rather fascinating and diverse cr...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Van Dooren, Thom
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London : Reaktion Books, 2012.
Sujets:
Old World vultures.
New World vultures.
Vultures > Social aspects.
Scavengers (Zoology)
Vultures in art.
Birds in literature.
Vultures > Conservation.
Human-animal relationships.
Animals and civilization.
Vautours de l'Ancien Monde.
Cathartidés.
Vautours > Aspect social.
Vautours dans l'art.
Oiseaux dans la littérature.
Vautours > Conservation.
Relations homme-animal.
Animaux et civilisation.
Charognards.
scavengers.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
Animals and civilization
Birds in literature
Human-animal relationships
New World vultures
Old World vultures
Vultures in art
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Résumé:Simply because they are large scavenging birds, vultures are often viewed as harbingers of death. But, as Thom van Dooren shows in this cultural and natural history, that dominant association leaves us with a very one-dimensional understanding of a group of actually rather fascinating and diverse creatures. Vulture offers an enlightening new history of this much-misunderstood bird. Vultures vary in type and size, and while some have a diet mainly of bone, others are actually almost completely vegetarian. Most interesting, despite its notorious association with death, the vulture very rarely.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (194 pages)
ISBN:9781861899996
1861899998

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